We have always lived in the Castle
★★★★☆
A psychological horror novel which defined the genre, taking gothic horror to the next level
Maltese Falcon
★★☆☆☆
Private eye Sam Spade finds himself surrounded by several parties all vying to get hold of a jewel encrusted bird
Crooked House
★★★☆☆
The wealthy Aristide Leonides is dead, poisoned through his medicine. But who has poisoned him?
Hallowe'en party
★★★☆☆
A young girl is killed during a hallowe'en party, and Poirot is summoned to investigate
The Couple Next Door
★★★★☆
A small baby goes missing while under the care of the seemingly perfect "couple next door"
The Keeper of Lost Causes
★★★★☆
A police detective is assigned a cold case to keep him occupied, and has breakthroughs using exceptional detecting skills
Shadow of the Wind
★★★★★
A mystery, thriller, romance and detective story which will have you gripped from the beginning to the end
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
★★★★☆
Three children in a slum on the outskirts of a sprawling Indian metropolis start investigating why their friends go missing
The Housemaid
★★★☆☆
Millie, a young woman with a troubled past on the verge of penury, is hired as a housemaid by the wealthy Winchester family, but there is something off about the employers
The Defense
★★★★☆
Eddie Flynn, a former con-artist turned lawyer, is trapped into defending a notorious Russian mobster
The Secret History
★★★★★
A young classics student relates the incidents which lead up to the murder of one of his classmates at an exclusive liberal arts college in Vermont.
A German Requiem
★★★☆☆
The third in the Berlin Noir series; WW2 is done, and Bernie is still trying to eke out a living. He is called to Vienna to investigate a case, but is caught up in the complex interplay between Germans, the Allies, the Red Army and former Nazis in hiding
The Perfect Couple
★★★★☆
A high-society wedding in affluent Nantucket goes completely off the rails, as the body of the Maid of Honour is discovered on the beach...